Moments through the lens of Abyssinia.
From the steaming neon sulfur terraces of Dallol to dawn prayer chants carved into rock. Every photograph below was taken by our local guides and travellers.
Sanetti Plateau & Afro-Alpine Wilds
Bale Mountains National Park
Filter Photography Wall
Sunrise spilling over the Simien escarpment
Bete Giyorgis, carved down into the rock
Acid springs paint Dallol in neon
Pelicans drifting on Lake Tana at dusk
Morning mist where the Blue Nile begins
Meet Mule, founder and lead guide
The whole Mule Ethiopia crew
The acid palette of Dallol
Boiling pools below sea level
Emerald water in the hottest place on Earth
Sulfur terraces of Dallol
Salt crusts, pools of colour
Walking a landscape from another planet
Hamed Ela salt flats at midday
Last light over the Danakil
Gaet'ale Pond, the saltiest water on Earth
Faces of the Lower Omo Valley
Golden hour in the Omo Valley
Body paint traditions of the Omo
An elder shares her story
Market morning: dust, cattle and colour
Ceremony season in Hamer country
Along the banks of the Omo River
Young herder, Lower Omo
Village paths in Mago country
Portraits of the Omo Valley
Sunset drive out of the valley
Priests at Bet Medhane Alem
Pilgrims in white, Lalibela
Carved from a single volcanic block
Candlelight in the rock-hewn halls
Crosses hewn into living stone
Bete Giyorgis from the rim
Down into the cross-shaped courtyard
Timket procession through Lalibela
Drums and white cotton at Timket
Timket morning at Bete Giyorgis
The great stelae of Axum
Northern stelae field, Axum
Rooftops of an ancient capital
In the footsteps of the Queen of Sheba
Fasil Ghebbi, the Camelot of Africa
Stone halls of the Gondarine kings
Archways within the royal enclosure
Where emperors were crowned
On the trail in the Simiens
Above the clouds, Simien Mountains
Evening at a highland camp
The cliff churches of Gheralta
The climb into the Gheralta cluster
Sandstone spires of Tigray
Panorama from the Gheralta ridge
Ancient churches reached by hand and rope
The Sanetti Plateau at 4,000 m
Afro-alpine moorland, Bale Mountains
Into the Harenna Forest
Wild highlands of the south-east
From cherry to cup, the birthplace of coffee
Morning at the washing station
Under the coffee canopy
The ceremony takes time, and that is the point
Green gold of Kaffa
Weaving as it has been done for centuries
Dorze dancers, Chencha highlands
Rhythm of the Gamo people
Portraits of the Chencha hills
Twin lakes from the lodge terrace
The plains of Nech Sar
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